Horse profile
Heather Honey (GB)
by Getaway (GER) out of Firth Of Malt (GB) (Flemensfirth)
17 runs · 12 courses · from Jan 2024
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 4 courses
Ran 9 days ago · 5th of 6
Last raced off OR 120
KTB Profile
Heather Honey is a mare who has won five of 17 starts all on turf. Four of those wins came in handicaps over 2m5f – 3m, the latest at Haydock in Mar 2026 off an official rating of 114. She has also won over 3m at Catterick. Aged 7 at her last run in Oct 2026 she finished 5 of 6 at Hexham when last raced off her career-high mark of 120.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR at career high
- 5–17Wins / Runs
- 29.4%Strike rate
- 7 (41.2%)Placed
- +4.87£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 2.26Fair A/E n=17 · 1.91 incl. margin
- 120Highest OR
- 63dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating120At career-high mark
120
82–120
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 134
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 134A | 115 | 4 · 134 / 131.5 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 110A | 108 | 3 · 110 / 108 |
| Soft | 2 | 125C | 100.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 20 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 134A | 110 | 6 · 134 / 109 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 125C | 103 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 113A | 111.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 runs · as at 18 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 9 analysed runs
- Held up 5 (56%) · 3 wins
- Prominent 2 (22%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (11%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,913 runs since Jan 2008 (1,026 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 23.7% from 131.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 131 | 31 | 23.7% | +12.4 | — |
| Good | 3,866 | 508 | 13.1% | +1.8 | 4 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 2,381 | 263 | 11% | −0.3 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 3,160 | 291 | 9.2% | −2.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 1,247 | 126 | 10.1% | −1.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 127 | 13 | 10.2% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 78 | 7 | 9% | −2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,393 | 371 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,095 | 469 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,705 | 311 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 4 from 9 |
| Over 3m | 614 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.6 | 1 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 19 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Firth Of Malt (GB) (Flemensfirth)
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 4 | 40% | +8.37 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.88 |
| Class 5 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +10.75 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| Hexham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 2 | 100% | +10.50 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 4 | 44% | +10.25 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kavanagh | 15 | 4 | 27% | +3.62 |
| Jack Power | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Ross Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 44% | +9.37 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 15 | 5 | 33% | +6.87 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 26+189d | Hexham | Tackling Insights Handicap Hurdle Race Close up from the outset and over-eager - sluggish at the first fence - dropped to third before the 7th - back to second before 2 out - urged on turning in - third and making no dent before the last - nothing more on the run-in to finish 5th | 5/6 | 2¾ | 11-7 | 120 | 81A | 120B | Peter Kavanagh | 7/1 |
| 04 Apr 26+30d | Haydock | Pertemps Network Challenger Stayers Hurdle Series Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled midpack early - jumped awkwardly around 3rd - moved up to close on the front group by the 7th - driven up to challenge before 3 out - edged in front briefly 2 out - overtaken before the last and weakened on the run-in | 5/9 | nk | 10-8 | 120 | 134A | 122A | Peter Kavanagh | 6/1 |
| 05 Mar 26+47d | Haydock | Live Racing Streaming At CopyBet Handicap Hurdle Sat behind the front pair early - moved into second and closed in before 3 out - roused to the front after 2 out - scratchy over the last but stayed on strongly for the win | 1/9 | 11-11 | 114 | 110A | 138A | Peter Kavanagh | 5/2 | |
| 17 Jan 26+35d | Haydock | Sky Bet Acca Freeze Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - moved into contention before 3 out - pushed along and up to third before the last - kept going to finish third | 3/10 | 10 | 10-6 | 114 | 108A | 117A | Peter Kavanagh | 5/1 |
| 13 Dec 25+22d | Doncaster | bet365 Handicap Hurdle Settled in behind early - made progress approaching two out - shaken up to hit the front before the last - overtaken on the run-in and edged out of second near the line | 3/9 | hd | 11-11 | 112 | 108A | 126A | Peter Kavanagh | 11/4F |
| 21 Nov 25+26d | Catterick | Support The Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Hurdle Sat close up early in 3rd/4th - moved through inside before 2 out to hit front despite a slight blunder - quickly asserted - kept finding more up the run-in to score comfortably | 1/7 | 11-8 | 104 | 129A | 120B | Peter Kavanagh | 13/8F | |
| 26 Oct 25+24d | Aintree | Butterworth Spengler Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield off the early tempo - made ground into contention approaching 2 out then pushed along before the last - stayed on at one gear finding no room inside and edged out into 6th | 6/12 | nk | 10-5 | 104 | 134A | 107A | Peter Kavanagh | 7/2F |
| 02 Oct 25+118d | Southwell | International Stud Book Committee Handicap Hurdle Held up in touch with leading group - hit a hurdle and dropped to 5th - pushed into second after two out - held on well but weakened close home to finish third | 3/7 | ¾ | 11-3 | 104 | 113A | 118A | Peter Kavanagh | 13/2 |
| 06 Jun 25+20d | Bangor-on-Dee | Ladies Day On Saturday 21st June Mares' Handicap Hurdle Settled midpack on the rail - moved out and travelling smoothly 3 out - into second before 2 out then hit the front - opened up between the last two - powered home unchallenged | 1/13 | 11-11 | 96 | 117B | 125A | Peter Kavanagh | 7/2 | |
| 17 May 25+42d | Bangor-on-Dee | Bangor-On-Dee Handicap Hurdle Sat behind the front group early - moved into second after 3 out then in front before 2 out - error at the final fence under pressure - dug in strongly to hold on for the win | 1/5 | 11-1 | 90 | 99C | 110B | Peter Kavanagh | 7/1 | |
| 05 Apr 25+19d | Newcastle | quinnbet.com Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Mares' Handicap Hurdle Held up in the pack early - strong progress before drifting left 3 out and once more 2 out - closed on the front-runner turning for home - hit the front inside the final furlong - wandered left but pulled away easily to score | 1/9 | 11-1 | 82 | 119A | 107A | Jack Power | 9/4F | |
| 17 Mar 25+13d | Southwell | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Mares' Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - pressed forward under pressure to reach the front group before 2 out - slipped to 4th approaching the last and weakened on the run-in | 4/11 | 6 | 10-12 | 84 | 110B | 92B | Peter Kavanagh | 17/2 |
| 04 Mar 25+143d | Market Rasen | Join Racing TV Now Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - drifted left and clipped another runner 5th - nudged closer turning for home but couldn't threaten before 2 out | 5/7 | 4¼ | 10-9 | — | 103A | 94A | Peter Kavanagh | 100/1 |
| 12 Oct 24+9d | Hexham | L&R Pest Control Services Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled at back of field early - hit the third-last then pushed along soon after - well adrift before final fence | 8/14 | 1½ | 10-6 | — | 76C | 93C | Peter Kavanagh | 150/1 |
| 03 Oct 24+36d | Warwick | racingtv.com 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Settled midpack early - dropped towards the back before hitting trouble 3 out - well held at the finish | 9/11 | 5½ | 10-7 | — | 47A | 79A | Peter Kavanagh | 80/1 |
| 28 Aug 24+228d | Worcester | FBC Manby Bowdler Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - roused for effort 4f out but lost touch after a heavy bump - kept trying under pressure through the closing stages - finished fifth well beaten | 5/9 | 3 | 10-11 | — | 103A | 103A | Peter Kavanagh | 20/1 |
| 13 Jan 24 | Wetherby | Racing TV On Sky 426 Mares' Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 4/11 | 11 | 11-4 | — | 125C | 91A | Ross Chapman | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Heather Honey (GB) won?
- Heather Honey (GB) won 5 of 17 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 29.4%. Placed 7 times in total (41.2% of starts).
- Who trains Heather Honey (GB)?
- Heather Honey (GB) is trained by Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 October 2026.
- Who is Heather Honey (GB)'s sire?
- Heather Honey (GB) is by Getaway (GER) out of Firth Of Malt (GB), whose sire is Flemensfirth.
- What going does Heather Honey (GB) prefer?
- Heather Honey (GB) has the best record on good going: 4 wins from 10 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Heather Honey (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 10 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Heather Honey (GB)'s sire's record?
- Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,913 runs since Jan 2008 (1,026 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.7% from 131.